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Cruise packing list maker: your own list, for your line and your trip
Answer a few questions and get a packing list made for you: what goes in your carry-on, your line's rules on power strips and drinks, and what they'll take off you at the pier. Tick it off on your phone or print it. Free for Cruise Granny's Crew.
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For a cruise, pack your medicines, documents, a swimsuit and a change of clothes in your carry-on, because your checked bag may not reach your cabin until after sailaway. Leave the surge protector, iron and candles at home, and check your own line's rule on power strips: Royal Caribbean and Disney ban them, Carnival and Holland America allow one without surge protection. This maker builds the full list for your line, your trip and your needs.
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Questions
What should I pack for a cruise?
Start with your carry-on: medicines in their original labelled containers, your passport and documents, a swimsuit and a change of clothes, because your checked bag may not reach your cabin until after sailaway. Then evening outfits for your formal nights, shoes you can stand in for three hours, a rain jacket with a hood, a lanyard for your cabin card and magnetic hooks. This list maker builds the full list for your line and your trip.
Can I bring a power strip on a cruise?
It depends on the line. Royal Caribbean and Disney prohibit them outright. Carnival and Holland America allow one without surge protection. A surge protector is banned on all ten lines we checked. Pick your line in the list maker and it tells you your line's rule.
What can't you pack for a cruise?
Surge protectors, clothing irons and garment steamers, candles and incense, marijuana and CBD (including medical), kettles and hot plates, and knives or scissors over 4 inches. Hair dryers, curling irons and flat irons are allowed.
What should I pack for an Alaska cruise?
A hooded waterproof jacket, a warm mid-layer, a hat, light gloves and more warm socks than you think. NOAA's normals put Juneau's July low at 50.1°F and its May low at 40.3°F, and Ketchikan averages 149.54 inches of rain a year. Choose Alaska in the list maker and those go on your list.
Is the Packing List Maker free?
Yes. It's free for members of Cruise Granny's Crew, and joining is free. Your list and your ticks are saved on your own phone or computer, and you can print it.
Every rule comes from our checked pages: the cruise packing list (each line's own prohibited-items page, TSA and the CDC), the Alaska packing list, the packing and prep list and our gear guide. Rules change, so check your line's own page before you pack.
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